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16.9k · Apr 2019
you write because
There are different reasons why you write.
You write because...
...you're happy?
you're sad?
you're delighted?
you're mourning?
keeping a secret?
But whichever reason you have,
you still write what's inside.
What other people can't see,
can't decipher beneath the words you speak,
can't understand the emotions flowing
through the sentences you can't speak out loud.
You write, pouring the feelings you can't let out,
you write. using the words you once thought can't explain what you feel.
You write, thinking that someone out there can finally discern what you're hiding inside.
I'm writing this because I don't have any topic to write. I just feel like I need to write something tonight. I'm missing someone though, and I'm overthinking again. Big sigh
12.1k · Feb 2018
Hindi Ikaw
hindi ikaw ang dahilan kung bakit siya nakangiti
hindi ikaw ang unang una niyang maiisip
sa unang pagbukas ng kanyang mga matang nakapikit;
hindi ikaw ang kanyang unang kakausapin
sa tuwing siya'y masaya,
malungkot, nagdudusa, at nasasaktan
hindi rin ikaw ang unang taong kailangan niya
tuwing siya'y nakakaramdam ng pagiging mag-isa

hindi talaga 'ikaw.'

ang ikaw na palaging siya ang iniisip
unang pagmulat pa lang ng mata sa umaga
ang ikaw na bukambibig ang pangalan niya
kahit ang iba'y rinding rindi na
ang ikaw na palaging nag-aabang sa pinto
nagbabakasaling babalik siya
at ang ikaw na naghihintay
kahit nakakagago na

hindi rin ikaw, at hinding hindi magiging ikaw
ang 'siya' na gusto niya
ang siya na importante sa buhay niya
na kahit ano mang pagsubok, ay siya at siya pa rin
ang siya na palagi niyang binabati ng magandang umaga
ang siya na ang mundo niya
at ang siya na kahit kailan
ay hindi magiging ikaw

hindi ikaw,

hindi talaga ikaw ang huli niyang maiisip
bago niya ipikit muli ang kanyang mga mata
hindi ikaw ang masayang kaganapan na maaalala niya tuwing siya'y nalulungkot
at hindi ikaw ang isang pulang rosas na kanyang pinili sa hardin ng iba't ibang bulaklak

kahit kailan naman ay hindi naging ikaw
hindi naging ikaw ang "siya" at "tayo" na iniisip niya
hindi naging ikaw ang pinaplano niyang masayang panimula pagkatapos ng masakit na katapusan
hindi naging ikaw, at hindi magiging ikaw

dahil iba ang "ikaw" at "siya"
ang siya na pilit niyang kinukuha ang atensyon
at ikaw na pilit namang kinukuha ang atensyon na hindi para sayo.
3.2k · Feb 2018
Pano Magsulat
hindi naman talaga ako marunong magsulat
pero nang dahil sa'yo
nasimulan ko

hindi ko din alam kung paano ito tatapusin
pero nang dahil sa'yo
nagawa ko

paano nga ba magsulat?
unang letra, pangalawa, pangatlo
hindi ko namalayan na sa unang pagtingin ko
sa unang paglapat ko ng papel sa lamesa
sa unang paggalaw ng panulat ko

...dumaloy na ang mga salitang
hindi ko akalaing manggagaling
sa mismong mga kamay ko

"isang araw..."
diyan din naman tayo nagsimula
diyan tayo unang nagkita, nagkausap at nagkatinginan
lahat naman nagsisimula sa isang araw hindi ba?

at magtatapos din sa "wakas"
ang wakas kung saan magiging masaya na ang lahat
ang wakas na hindi na pwedeng madugtungan pa
ng kahit anong problemang magbibigay kalungkutan

pero bakit?

kahit alam kong wakas na
kahit alam kong tapos na, tigil na, hinto na
bakit hindi ko pa din mapigilan
ang paggalaw ng kamay ko sa itaas ng papel?
ang pagagos ng mga letra sa utak ko
na para bang ako'y lalamunin na?

"nasasaktan ka na"
bulong ng utak ko sa puso ko
"kaya ko pa"
sagot naman ng puso ko pabalik
"di ka pa ba pagod?"

mga huling salita na nagsasabi sa'king tumigil na
mga salitang matagal ko ng hinihintay
mga salitang dapat matagal ko nang napagtanto
at hudyat na dapat itigil ko na

akala ko ba, nang dahil sa'yo, magiging madali na lang?
akala ko ba, nang dahil sa'yo, mahihinto ko agad?
bakit parang bumaliktad?
bakit parang, nang dahil sa'yo mas humirap

nang dahil sa'yo
humirap magsimulang muli
humirap maghanap ng panibagong papel
na pagsusulatan ko ng bagong kabanata
humirap ihinto ang mga pangungusap
na aking nasusulat nang ako'y nagsimula

kailan ba 'ko hihinto?
pati ba naman itong tula ay hindi ko matapos
dahil hanggang dito, ikaw pa din ang dahilan
ikaw ang dahilan kung bakit ko ito sinimulan sinulat, dinama, pinagisipan

alam ko...

alam ko darating ang araw na mararating ko din ang wakas
ang wakas kung saan wala ng "dahil sa'yo"
ang dulo kung saan mahihinto ko na ang pagsusulat ng kabanatang ito
ang kabanatang nagbigay sa akin ng ligaya, ngunit masakit na karanasan
ang kabanatang hanggang nakaraan na lang

at pag dumating ang araw na iyon
muli ko nang mararamdaman ang saya sa pagkuha ng bagong papel
ang saya sa paglinis ng aking panulat
at…
ang saya kung saan mababanggit ko na ang katagang, "sawakas"

masasabi ko na din ang pasasalamat ko sa iyo,
na nagbigay sa akin ng papel at
matitingnan ko na din ng maayos
ang panulat na ikaw mismo ang nagbigay.
2.1k · Feb 2018
Pasensya
Walong letrang nagsisimula
Sa isang pahina ng libro
Kung saan lahat ng nagawa ay nakasulat

Walong letrang sumisimbolo
Sa masasakit at masasayang alaalang
Iyong ibinigay,
Binitawan na parang isang kinusot na papel
Sa malawak na dagat na itim

Pilit na sumusuko
Pilit na umiiwas
Ngunit wala nang nagawa
Kundi hayaan na lang

Pasensya?
Pang-ilang beses na bang nabanggit
Pang-ilang beses na bang sinambit
Katagang ayaw marinig
Ng dalawang pandinig,
Na pilit inaalala, ang mga katagang
Nalalayo sa salitang pasensya

Hindi ka ba nagsasawa?
Ilang beses na bang kailangang marinig
Pasensyang hindi totoo
Pasensyang hindi galing sa puso
Pasensyang pinilit lang

Pwede bang ako naman?
Pwede bang ako naman ang hindi makinig?
Pwede bang ako naman ang humingi ng pasensya
At hingiin na sana'y tapusin na
1.5k · Feb 2018
Simulan
Simulan nating magbilang
Simula isa hanggang walo

Simulan nating bilangin ang bawat patak ng ulan
Kung saan tayo masayang nagtatawanan
At hindi pa nababahiran ng kahit anong
Sakit at pagdududa

Simulan nating bilangin ang mga bituin sa itaas
Kumikinang, nagbibigay liwanag
Sa mga mata **** nanlalabo na
At alam nang hindi na kayang ituloy pa

Simulan nating bilangin ang bawat pahina
Ng isang kwadernong punong puno
Ng masasayang alaala,
Ngunit isa na lang masakit na nakaraan

Simulan nating bilangin kung ilang beses tayong
Naging tayo, simula nang magtapat kang
Ako'y iyong gusto

Simulan nating... kailangan pa ba nating simulan?
Masisimulan ba ang mga bagay na alam ****, magtatapos naman?
Masisimulan ba ang mga bagay, kahit hindi ka sigurado,
Ay alam **** hindi naman tatagal?

Simulan nating itanong,
Bakit ako?
Bakit hindi na lang iba ang sinaktan mo?
Bakit hindi na lang yung isang babaeng umiinom ng kape sa gilid
O kaya'y nagbabasa ng libro sa kabila.
Bakit ako?

"Mahal kita."
Hindi naman talaga sa pagbibilang nagsimula ang lahat
Hindi naman sa numero, o sa ulan, o sa bituin

Dalawang salita...
Dalawang salita lang at nagsimula na ang lahat
Dalawang salita kung saan ang ako at ikaw ay naging tayo
Dalawang salita kung saan natapos din ang lahat

Simulan ulit natin,

Simulan natin, sa kung ilang kataga ang sinabi mo
Nang ika'y umalis
Simulan natin sa dalawang salitang sinabi mo sa kanya
Habang ako'y hindi nagbibigay ng atensyon
Simulan natin, sa kung paano natapos
Ang nabuong ikaw at ako.

Simulan natin, hanggang dito na lang.
Rotate the number eight, 90 degrees. What would you see?
1.4k · Feb 2021
isang tula
Isang tula na para sa'yo.

May isang manunulat na nagsimulang maghanap ng bagong panulat,
Matapos itapon ang mga nakaraang panulat.

Sa kanyang paghahanap, marami ang kanyang nahanap,
Isang panulat na galing sa isang masakit na nakaraan,
Isang panulat na nagbibigay kasiyahan
At isang panulat na delikado gamitin.

Pero sa lahat nang kanyang nahanap,
May isang panulat na nagpapadama ng kakaibang pakiramdam,
Isang pakiramdam na may kakayahang mag-sulat ng kwentong aakma sa isang pahina
Ang pahina kung saan tinutukoy ang estado ng manunulat.

Halos lahat ng panulat na nahanap ng manunulat
Ay ayaw niya itong mawala
Ayaw niya itong pakawalan
Ayaw niya itong ipagbenta sa iba.

Pero itong panulat na kasalukuyan niyang ginagamit sa isang pahina,
Itong panulat na ito ay kakaiba
Dahil sa, handa itong ibigay ng manunulat sa iba
Handa siyang mawala ito,
Hangga't nagagawa nito ang kung anong nararapat.
March 7, 2020.
Stumbled upon something on my notes. Forgot who I wrote this for?
1.2k · Jan 2021
complement
she needs his logical sense
to be able to make her feet stay on the ground
he needs her emotional side
to be able to see the world, without being scared
992 · May 2018
Pagsisisi
Magsimula muli, ang sabi nila.
Madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin, ang sabi naman ng isa.
Hindi alam kung ano ba talaga
Nakakapagod, ika nga.

Ginusto ang isang bagay
Bagay na hindi maibigay bigay
Masyadong malaki, masyadong mabigat,
Isang bagay na matagal nang hinangad.

Hanggang kailan ba malulungkot?
Hanggang kailan matatakot?
Pupwede bang ihinto ang oras?
Masundan lang ang pusong sinisigaw ang tamang landas.

Matagal nang hinangad,
Matagal nang pinangarap,
Minsan mapapatanong na lang,
Hindi ba ang isang tulad ko, ay karapat-dapat?

Isang linggo na ang nakalipas,
Isang linggo na ang nakaraan,
Bakit presko pa din ang sakit?
Sa isang pangarap na hindi nakamit.

Hanggang dito na lang,
Tulang sumisigaw ng tulong, tulong.
Masyado pang mahapdi, mga sakit na tumindi
Ngunit ang puso'y magpapatuloy, hindi susuko sa agos na dadaloy.
787 · Sep 2023
there was no shield
i might have dodged a bullet
but that dodge costed me my life
and the pain hurts more
782 · Nov 2023
8:45 am
be your inner kid with me
668 · Feb 2018
Daan
Madaming daan
Hindi alam kung saan magsisimula
Madaming pagpipilian
Hindi alam kung bakit nag-aalangan
Sa kung anong dapat puntahan

Kaliwa?
Kanan?
Diretso?
Atras?

May mga pagpipilian pero hindi malaman
Tutuloy ba?
Titigil ba?
Susundin ba ang puso?
O ang nararapat?
647 · Feb 2018
Tulang Pinakamalungkot
Sisimulan ko ito
Sa kung paano ko tinapos ang lahat
Sisimulan ko ito
Sa kung paano nawasak
Ang isang inakala kong buo, ngunit basag
"there are people waiting to meet you.
people waiting to love you.
there are places that stand still
until you've stepped foot in them.
something really beautiful
could happen for you in the morning.
there is so much waiting for your arrival.
arrive there."

- brianna pastor
i feel like i have to share this excerpt that made me feel positive about moving forward with life. i hope whoever reads this to have a good day!
619 · Apr 2022
lifetime
future is uncertain,
but i'm certain that i'll be facing it with you.
R
545 · Apr 2019
8 words
They can make her happy, but not quite.
how can a mood change so drastically when you're not in good terms with someone you treasure very much?
503 · Dec 2022
gray
i’m proud of myself today
color gray was in the center today
that i wanted the shade to stay
i’ve been looking at a dark, shiny, black for a long time now
tidbits of white come across unexpectedly, but never enough
could this stay?
could i be this grounded, consistently?
moments of gray make me appreciate white more
moments of gray make me stay still and stable, looking at the color black
437 · Jan 17
8:03 am
409 · Jul 2018
metaphor
metaphors have helped poets a lot to explain what they're feeling
either you're a storm
a cloud
a sunshine
a galaxy or
a star
but whatever metaphor you may be
you will still be the greatest treasure
they could ever get
and that's how beautiful metaphors are made.
407 · Feb 2018
black - white
he was black.
the colors of his emotions
spread like darkness
amidst the glow
she gives.
bored. all i could think was you.
385 · Sep 2019
agos
sumabay sa pag-agos, ang sabi ng iba
mas hindi ka raw mapapagod, ang sabi ng iba
mas madaling gumaya sa ginagawa nila, ang sabi ng iba
pero bakit ganoon

sinubukan kong sumabay sa agos
sinubukan kong gumaya sa ginagawa nila
pero bakit tila mas napagod pa ako?

iilan lang kaming nagtatanong
iilan lang kaming pilit kumakawala
sa kung anong agos na sinusundan nila.
350 · Sep 2023
9.23.2023
plane took off
i never thought i would have cried like that
342 · Jul 2022
moving forward
i hope we're just growing up
not growing apart
341 · Jan 2021
time-based pov
γ€Ž the path that looks the hardest is in fact,
the easiest way to go. 』
- ukai
332 · Apr 2018
fallen optimist
her heart is ripped
like how scissors cut a paper
like a storm between paradise
like a trust, broken into pieces

how can she ever get her heart back?
her whole heart
that loved shamelessly
that loved nothing else but to be happy

she can't think of anything that will distance the sadness
apart from herself;
that will remove the pain
causing the broken parts locked in chains

how to fix a shattered soul?
where one reason could be the source
and that reason can't be known
for a bomb can explode

heart in anguish
and she, herself, could be the reason
bloodshot eyes
the tears of the fallen optimist
That could be all.
311 · Feb 2018
Change
Tears fall
Leaves fall
When will they stay
Weather changes
Clock ticks
Change is fast before we even knew
He is there
She is where, nowhere to be found
Their timing isn't great
But,
Can change set them together again?
306 · Apr 2018
Mermaids
they say mermaids aren't real
they say beautiful tails can't be seen
they say long haired perfect girl is impossible

but what if
mermaids were seen in a different perspective
then mermaids are real
mermaids are everywhere
trying to keep up with the world
without knowing how to stand up by themselves

they keep on thinking that
going with the flow of the wave
would bring them peace and joy
but no one warned them that
imitating mermaids wrongly,
can't make you feel alive

are you one of those mermaids?
mermaids that still keep their mouths shut
and just sing all the mourn in their hearts;
mermaids that cannot think straight
and let others decide for themselves

let no one be that mermaid
let us all be the mermaid that is fierce
and can conquer both land or sea
fight enemies even though we're bounded;
restricted by how we're made

let us all be the mermaid
all kids have loved
let us all be the mermaid,
fantasies beautifully explain.
#life #realtalk #mermaids
300 · May 2023
knock
you don’t even have to ask
if i can keep you in my heart
you’ll always stay
here, always
why am i hurting myself at this hour
299 · Mar 2018
f e e l i n g s ;
ilang beses pa bang mararamdaman
isang damdaming pilit na kinakalimutan
Akala ko tapos na, akala ko hanggang dun na lang. Pero bakit hanggang ngayon, iba pa din ang pakiramdam tuwing nakikita kita? Masaya, pero masakit.
297 · Nov 2023
Doona
"It's better to be scared than to be hurt."
But when you're a person who is used to being hurt, it can be scary how you already have this resilience. You get tired, say to yourself, "What's new?" And you don't even know what "scared" means anymore.
289 · Dec 2023
10:02 am
it's taking a toll to even survive this time
287 · Mar 2018
Difference
We're at the same place
At the same time
Doing the same thing
At the same pace

But here's the difference;
My heart was beating for you
But your heart was beating for her
277 · Feb 2018
A.
A.
white was the color that represents peace
blue was the color i'm seeing everyday
red was the color you wanted

the colors we bring, they don't match at all
surrounding every horizon we pass
makes a path of rainbow
that is pleasing to the eyes

"i can't be with you anymore"
you've never said it, but i felt it
i felt how you wanted to tear this up
or did i just,
assumed that red could become a purple,
a color more closer to blue?

"i can't love you the way you've loved me"
unspoken words seem to be louder
than words spoken with mouth

an orange sun once came,
it's too bright it could make anyone blind
but you were wearing shades since the day we met
i didn't know it was for that

i'm too blinded by the colors
that i'm not aware red and blue are primary colors
someone told me, "lower your standards for a sec"
...can i?

can i let my glow be of that secondary?
can i forget who i really am just for a guy?
of course... no.

"hi"
someone said
"did you miss someone?"
yes, always
"is that someone worth it?"
i think so
"are you happy at the end?"

why?
why ask someone what they've felt at the end?
why can't you ask someone what they've felt at start?

"because everything that ends, is settled
you can't make a bitter ending
that's forced"
275 · Mar 2018
Masama Bang Hilingin
Masama bang hilingin, na sana'y tapusin sakit ng damdaming hindi maibalik

Masama bang hilingin, na sana'y magwakas, isang pangyayaring hindi hiniling

Masama bang hilingin, na sana'y tumigil, isang pakiramdam at lihim na pagtingin
Masama ba?
268 · Jan 2022
wind
it's time to completely let go,
quietly.
Here's to you: thank you for saying your apologies about what happened, and I appreciate that you still consider me as an important person in your life. After trying to think of what to do, I thought that maybe, not replying to you and just quietly move on with life is the best way to do. Mostly for me, but also for you. Here's to the last time that I'll be saying goodbye, and here's to the last time I will be saying sorry, and feel sorry for what I have done. Thank you so much for everything, my first ever friend.

:)
263 · May 2018
Secrets
The door holds the secrets
Lying beneath the scars written on her face
Secrets that are kept
Preventing them to spread,
for others not to be harmed as well
256 · Mar 2022
tahanan
"Magpapaalam ka ba sa tahanan mo pag uuwi ka sa kanya?"
"Hihingi ka ba ng tawad sa bahay mo pag papasok ka sa kanya?"
these words meant something, something more than i could ever imagine. marami tayong naturing na na "home," "tahanan," "tirahan" pero 'yung talagang totoo **** tahanan, iba pa rin sa pakiramdam kapag nakauwi ka na.

(c)
253 · Apr 10
08:30
i have every right to be a villain
yet i did not
245 · Dec 2023
15:27
to be hurt or to be scared?
i would choose the latter this time
243 · May 2022
blessings
appreciating the stars have been easy before
now, even when it's just counting them,
is so taxing
i can do this
241 · Feb 2018
I suppose
Out of this world I suppose
The thing I wanted
The thing I craved
Is nothing beneath the surface

Should I really be here?
People whispering
People gathering
People hardworking
Just to achieve something they...
Thought they need

Are we really in this world just to play along?
When I was a kid, all I thought was
Everything we step on
The grass, the ground, even the mud outside
Was all part of a big playground
Where we are tested
Looked upon, and judged

Others always ask,
"How can I be truly happy?"
Which is I second the motion
Things, foods, places
People always find the way to achieve that kind of feeling
Even when it takes to let themselves be lost

Can I ask,
How can we truly end this?
All this suffering, sadness, unknowingness
Without getting depressed on how will we do it?

The solution?
Out of this world, I suppose
240 · Sep 2022
sun
sun
she gives light to everyone she's with
she spreads happiness like it's the easiest thing to do with her life

but the only person who gives light to her,
is herself
and it's enough.
235 · Nov 2023
tired
this diamond won't be on sale anymore
234 · Dec 2021
Christmas
For this day, a lot of thoughts has been going through my mind. Is this the saddest Christmas? Or the Christmas where we realized that things aren't the way as they were before?
228 · Mar 2023
closed doors
well,
goodbyes are always painful
but i try my best to always
give them a good goodbye
for both of our sakes
228 · Feb 2023
what i'll tell them
They say that a person can hurt you in relation to the level of their importance in your life.
He was and he is the second most important person in my life (next to myself).
That’s why if someone will ask me if he hurt me, I’ll tell them:

β€œHe hurt me in ways I sometimes couldn’t bear the pain. He hurt me in ways I think he wouldn’t. He hurt me in ways I never really think my heart could handle. Loving him hurt me, as loving someone is always the best and worst decision one could ever make. But loving him is something I don't and won't regret.”
And I'll choose to love him again and again if I could go back in time.
222 · Dec 2023
rollercoaster
it is fun riding one,
in an amusement park
but if you are riding one in life,
it is one hell of a ride
everything happened so fast. emotional rollercoaster is real. we were so tired. thank God for everything
221 · Mar 2018
happy color
Whatever this was
I knew the color wasn't that black
Rainbow came once,
The smile on my face can't be moved

But then, the glow fades
Darkness grew again
Burst into fire
The growth of the flames is within me

How can someone be this sad?
No one asked if rainbow is really a happy color
People just assumed
Like how most of us fake positivity

When will that day come?
When hurt is no more
All colors are neutral
Happiness is within

I can't wait 'til that day comes
Where I can finally say
Black is a good thing,
In order to appreciate the new color
219 · Aug 2018
how?
how can one person
made you feel like you own the world
you own the rainbows among every rain,
then will make you feel like there's no penny left in your pocket
and though rainbows exist
they will suddenly remind you that rain will always be there?
to you. I know, and I hope you won't read this. I hate feeling this way, but you made me and that's how ******* important you are to me yet at the end of the day you always make me feel like some option you won't ever choose first.
217 · Apr 2022
he
he
he makes her feel like she's the most interesting person he knows.
he makes her feel thousands emotions, as if being in love with him isn't enough.
he makes her feel like all of her emotions are valid,
that it's fine to feel this way, because of certain uncontrollable reasons.
he's always there, and it feels like 'love' is the safest word and feeling that he can bring to her life.
R
215 · Feb 2018
I promise
I promise...
I promise not to think about you again
I promise not to remember any good memories
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €we shared for a moment of time
I promise not to look at our pictures
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €that reminds me of those times
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €where we were genuinely laughing
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €at something so immature
I promise to look for someone
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €who is far from who you are
I promise
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €to forget everything
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €to forget the happiness I've felt
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €to forget the pain you gave
but I also promise
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €to not only forget you
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €but also to thank you
β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €for being one of the promises, I came to love
people come and go, and sometimes you don't expect yourself to love that person who unexpectedly came and suddenly left
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